544: Men of a Certain Age
Grumpy Old Geeks
The Mandelorian
"It pressed all the right buttons. And a, i liked it." "I finished shooting the other day. I'm looking forward to," he says of season three. 'The real downside is we have to wait a full week in between' He adds that if they get locked down again his pcard won't work.
The Amanda Palmer Method; Truth Social stumbles; Heardle through the grapevine; wings in the metaverse; Amazon Basics tied to forced labor; Twitter launches Tor service; Limewire is back... with NFTs; Musk is a free speech absolutist; executive order on crypto; Star Trek; After Yang; the Cure & Eddie Izzard; Upload is back; Dekalog & Three Colours; Dropbox drops update for macOS; Clash Royale anniversary; A.G. Riddle; more iOT rants; Samsung hack; RadioShack; Obi-Wan and Star Wars Galatic Starcruiser; Things Dave Likes; disco number twos.
Show notes at https://gog.show/544/
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